Improved dress-protector for carriage-wheels



HUBERT e PITNEY Dress Protecto for Carriage.- wfhees.

Patented Aplfl 27, 1869.

ejem f itd 3th; tatea @zum (Effi P. GENGEMBRE HUBERT AND J.

W. PITNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent N o. 89,315, elated April 27, 1869.

IMPROVED DRESS-PROTECTOR FOR CAIRRllIl-lG-IEl-VVIi-IIEEILIS.4

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ef thesama.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, P. GENGEMBRE HUBERT and J. W. PITNEY, both 'of thecity of New York, in the use the same, reference being had to theaceompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a carriage, withour improved dress-protector attached;

Figure 2 is part of a carriage-wheel, showing how our improveddress-protector is applied thereon;

Figure 3 represents our improved dress-protector, when removed from thewheel, and seen from the under side;

Figure 4 is a view of the same, seen from the top side;

lfigure 5 is a cross-'section through xa: of the same; 'and Figure 6 isalso a cross-section of the same, but through the line z z.

In all carriages where the position or the arrangement of the wheelsrenders the application of wings, o'r

shields impractioable, it is dicult for a lady to step out of or get insaid carriage without her dressooming Vin Contact with the muddy tire ofthe wheel, and the damage thus done to an elegant dress has beenexperienced by many.

The object of our invention is to obtain au eiiicient and serviceableguard, or shield to prevent ladies dresses from coming in contact withthe wheels of a buggy, or other carriages, when alightiug from orgetting into the same.

Our dress-protector consists of a liexible shield, belt, or pad,providedwith suitable springs, hooks, or catches, so as to be readilyapplied to the wheel, or wheels of a carriage, when the same is standingstill, and, when not required for use, may be removed and stowed out 0fthe way, as hereafter fully described.

A is a carriage-wheel.

B is the dress-protector, which may be made of any suitable material orshape. We have represented it as made of patent leather, and in shapelike a simple strap, but, .to suit taste and fancy, it may be made ofmetal, papier-hutch@ or any other material, and in shape of any elegantform dictated by taste.

The dress-protector B may be made from eighteen to thirty-six inches inlength, and of suitable width to overlap on each side of the tire of thewheel, in order P is one or more guides, having for object to keep vYthe dress-protector in proper place over the tire of the wheel, and forthat purpose ai'e fastened thereon, between the two end-springs F.

The operation of our dress-protector is as follows:

When the carriage is stopped, and the wheels turned in proper position,the dressprotector is applied on the wheel bypresenting it springforemost to the tire of the wheel, and pressing it thereon, it willremain in the position seenin figs. 1 and 2 of our drawings, and whennot required for use, it is pulled away from the wheel, and may bestowed under the seat of the carria-ge.

Claim.

The carriage dress-protector herein described, made so as to be appliedon and he secured to the wheel, or

wheels of a carriage, substantially in the manner and for the purposeset forth. p

P. GEN GEMBRE HUBERT. [n s.] J. W. PTNEY. [L. s.] Witnesses:

H. GENGEMBRE HUBERT,

JONA. BELL.

